Menopause Experts Group

07/02/2026

February Is British Heart Month. Menopause Must Be Part of the Conversation.

February is British Heart Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness of heart and circulatory health across the UK. For those of us working within menopause education and advocacy, it is a vital opportunity to talk openly about how menopause and heart health intersect and why heart related symptoms during menopause should always be taken seriously.

For many women, heart palpitations are one of the earliest and most frightening menopause symptoms. Sudden racing, pounding, or irregular heartbeats can feel indistinguishable from a cardiac event. Many women genuinely believe they are having a heart attack and they are not being dramatic. They are listening to their bodies.

As Champions and professionals, we hear these stories repeatedly. While hormonal changes can absolutely explain symptoms such as palpitations, breathlessness, dizziness and chest tightness, common does not mean harmless and reassurance must never replace proper assessment.

This matters because heart disease remains the leading cause of death for women in the UK. More than 3.6 million women are currently living with heart or circulatory disease, and over 30,000 women are admitted to hospital each year following a heart attack. Coronary heart disease alone kills more than twice as many women as breast cancer annually, yet awareness among women remains worryingly low.

Menopause is a time of increased cardiovascular risk. As oestrogen levels fluctuate and decline, changes occur in blood vessels, cholesterol levels, insulin sensitivity, inflammation and heart rhythm regulation. For some women, menopause can unmask an underlying heart condition. For others, it marks the beginning of a gradual increase in long term cardiovascular risk. In fact, cardiovascular disease accounts for more than a quarter of all deaths in the UK, with women making up a significant proportion of those affected.

This is why any heart symptom that feels new, worrying, persistent or severe should always be checked. Too many women are told it is just anxiety or just menopause without investigation. We also know that women’s heart symptoms often present differently to men’s, which can contribute to delayed diagnosis and poorer outcomes.

Being checked is not an overreaction.
Seeking reassurance is not weakness.
Advocating for your heart health is an act of self respect.

British Heart Month reminds us that heart health matters at every stage of life. Menopause is not simply a reproductive transition. It is a whole body shift, and the heart is central to that story.

As a community committed to improving menopause awareness, education and outcomes, we must continue to reinforce this message clearly and confidently.

Menopause related heart symptoms are common.
Heart disease is serious.
If there is concern, it should always be checked.

Both things can be true, and women deserve to be listened to.

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07/02/2026

So great to see our Menopause Pro Round Table member Calm Ahead speaking at this event on a mission to raise awareness and help women to understand and feel understood

05/02/2026

What’s the Point of Menopause?

It’s a question many women quietly, and sometimes loudly, ask.

Why do we go through menopause at all?
Why the upheaval, the symptoms, the loss of fertility, and why does it so often feel as though we are expected to simply endure it?

Questioning menopause is not negative, ungrateful, or dramatic. It is entirely reasonable. When we look at menopause through an evolutionary and biological lens, the answer becomes clearer and far more respectful.

Menopause is not a mistake. It is protective.

From a biological perspective, menopause exists for a reason.

Throughout most of human history, pregnancy carried significant risk. There was no modern medicine, no antibiotics, no blood transfusions, and no safe surgical intervention. When fertility declines or egg quality reduces, pregnancy becomes far more dangerous for the body.

Menopause is nature’s way of protecting women from a pregnancy that may no longer be safely sustained.

Importantly, fertility does not disappear at a fixed age. Many women experience declining fertility or reproductive challenges much earlier than expected. Menopause reflects reproductive capacity, not a number on a calendar.

Survival over reproduction

Biology is practical.

When reproduction becomes increasingly risky, the body prioritises survival. As ovarian function changes, the likelihood of miscarriage and serious complications rises. Menopause closes the reproductive chapter at the point where continuing it may threaten health or life.

This is not failure.
It is biology choosing preservation.

The Grandmother Effect

There is also strong evolutionary evidence for what is known as the Grandmother Hypothesis.

Women who live beyond their reproductive years have historically played a vital role in families and communities. Rather than continuing to reproduce, they supported existing children, shared knowledge, skills and emotional regulation, and strengthened family survival overall.

Menopause may have helped human societies thrive, not simply survive.

Hormones change. Purpose does not disappear.

While oestrogen and progesterone decline, this does not mean women lose value, capability, or relevance.

Many women describe increased clarity, stronger boundaries, and a shift away from constant caretaking towards wisdom, discernment, and leadership.

Menopause represents a biological transition, not an ending.

The real problem is not menopause

What has failed women is not biology, but how menopause has been framed and handled.

Menopause has too often been treated as a deficiency, something shameful, or a weakness to be hidden. Education is lacking, conversations start too late, and many women are left to navigate profound changes without adequate information or support.

So yes, women are entirely justified in asking, “What’s the point of menopause?”

Because the real issue is not that menopause exists.
It is that we have not respected it, understood it, or supported women through it.

Menopause is not nature turning against women.
It is nature doing its best to protect life.

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31/01/2026

When Menopause Experts Group was founded in 2020, it was never intended to serve people at the beginning of their professional lives. It was created for those who were already established, already leading, already building businesses, careers, and communities, and who found themselves entering a profound personal transition at the same time as a professional one.

The majority were women. Women with experience, credibility, and responsibility. Many were running their own businesses or holding senior roles. They were used to solving problems, making decisions, and supporting others. Yet as menopause arrived, often quietly and sometimes forcefully, it introduced changes that could not be managed through competence alone. Energy shifted. Confidence wavered. Cognition felt different. Priorities began to reorder themselves. What these women sensed was not failure or decline, but transformation.

Alongside them were some men, partners, clinicians, business owners, leaders, and professionals who recognised menopause not as a women’s issue to be sidelined, but as a reality affecting families, workplaces, and entire systems. They too felt a responsibility to understand it better and to be part of meaningful change.

Menopause Experts Group recognised early that menopause is far more than a hormonal event. It is a process that unfolds over time, affecting body, mind, identity, relationships, and professional life. It requires reflection, adjustment, and a willingness to change. In many ways, it functions as a modern rite of passage, a threshold that invites maturity, discernment, and purpose, rather than something to be minimised or endured in silence.

Those drawn to MEG were not looking to step back from life. They were looking to step forward with greater clarity. They wanted education that respected their intelligence and lived experience, not simplified explanations or superficial reassurance. They wanted to understand what was happening so they could navigate it well, while also recognising a growing desire to support others who were still struggling to be heard.

MEG responded by creating education that explored menopause in its full context, physiological, psychological, emotional, social, and professional. It acknowledged that menopause intersects with leadership, work, finances, relationships, self worth, and purpose. Alongside this depth of understanding, MEG offered something distinctive and essential: credible business tools that allowed knowledge to be translated into action.

For many members, the journey through MEG became one of integration. Women and men alike were able to bring menopause education into existing businesses, clinical practices, organisations, and community roles, or to develop new strands of work aligned with their values and experience. They gained language, structure, and professional credibility, not only to support clients, colleagues, and families, but to advocate more effectively within workplaces and wider society.

As the community grew, a clear pattern emerged. People did not arrive at MEG because they felt broken. They arrived because they felt ready. Ready to make sense of change, ready to claim authority grounded in lived experience or professional responsibility, and ready to contribute in a way that felt meaningful rather than performative. Menopause became a point of consolidation rather than collapse, a moment where insight, experience, and intention converged.

Menopause Experts Group came to understand menopause as a leadership threshold. At this stage of life, tolerance for irrelevance diminishes and clarity sharpens. Conversations become more honest. Decisions become more values led. MEG provided a framework through which this shift could be used constructively, supporting people not only to understand menopause personally or professionally, but to use that understanding to improve outcomes for others.

What set MEG apart was the calibre of those it attracted. These were not passive recipients of information. They were founders, practitioners, leaders, clinicians, and professionals who already knew how to hold complexity and responsibility. MEG did not teach them how to be capable. It enabled them to align who they already were with what the world increasingly needs: informed, ethical, human centred leadership around menopause and midlife health.

Today, the rise of Menopause Experts Group is best understood as activation rather than expansion. People do not simply pass through the organisation. They carry its principles into their businesses, workplaces, families, and communities. They become points of trust and understanding, modelling what it looks like to approach menopause with knowledge, respect, and integrity.

Menopause, in this context, is not something to be endured or rushed through. It is a transition that asks something of those it touches and gives something in return. Menopause Experts Group exists for those who recognise that moment and choose to meet it fully, turning personal insight into collective benefit and lasting impact.

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20/01/2026

What Does It Mean to Become a Menopause Champion?

Menopause is not a niche issue. It is a life stage that will affect over half the population, often for many years. Yet for decades it has been misunderstood, under-supported, and frequently dismissed.

Becoming a Menopause Champion means stepping into that gap with knowledge, compassion, and confidence.

A Menopause Champion is not about replacing medical care. It’s about being informed, aware, and supportive, and knowing how to signpost, guide conversations, and create safer spaces for women experiencing hormonal change.

Champions matter because women deserve better than silence, confusion, or being told “it’s just your age.”

Why Menopause Champions Are So Important

For many women, menopause shows up long before anyone names it. Symptoms can include anxiety, fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, sleep disruption, changes in confidence, weight fluctuations, and emotional overwhelm. Often, women don’t realise these experiences are hormonally driven.

A Menopause Champion helps by:

• Normalising conversations around menopause

• Recognising common symptoms and patterns

• Offering reassurance and evidence-based understanding

• Knowing when and how to signpost to clinical or specialist support

• Reducing shame, isolation, and self-blame

Sometimes the most powerful intervention isn’t treatment, it’s being believed and understood.

Champions Are Everywhere — Not Just in Clinics

Menopause doesn’t only show up in GP surgeries. It shows up in everyday life:

• Yoga classes

• Gyms and studios

• Classrooms and staff rooms

• Salons and treatment rooms

• Pharmacies and community spaces

• Coaching sessions and wellbeing appointments

That’s why Menopause Champions come from many walks of life.

Yoga Instructors & Movement Teachers

You already work with breath, balance, strength, flexibility, and nervous system regulation. Menopause awareness allows you to adapt classes, support women experiencing fatigue or joint pain, and create menopause-aware workshops that build trust and loyalty.

Nurses, Pharmacists & Healthcare Professionals

Champions enhance patient conversations, build confidence when discussing menopause, and support whole-woman care alongside clinical pathways.

Coaches & Therapists

Hormonal change influences confidence, motivation, mood, and cognition. Menopause awareness ensures symptoms aren’t mislabelled and clients feel truly supported.

Teachers & Educators

Menopause affects staff, parents, and caregivers. Champions help create supportive, inclusive workplaces and reduce stigma and absence.

Doctors

Many doctors become Champions to deepen listening, stay current with evolving education, and offer patients care that feels informed and human.

Personal Trainers & Fitness Professionals

Training women through menopause requires awareness of recovery, inflammation, injury risk, and energy fluctuations. Champions train smarter, not harder.

Hairdressers & Beauty Therapists

Often trusted confidants, you see the visible and emotional changes menopause can bring. Awareness strengthens conversations, trust, and long-term client relationships.

How Becoming a Champion Enhances Your Business

Becoming a Menopause Champion doesn’t mean changing your profession. It means enhancing it.

Champions often experience:

• Deeper client trust and loyalty

• Increased referrals

• Clear professional differentiation

• Greater confidence in sensitive conversations

• Opportunities to host talks, workshops, or specialist sessions

• Alignment with a fast-growing, values-led sector

Menopause awareness is not a trend. It’s a long-overdue shift.

Six Years of Menopause Experts Group

Menopause Experts Group was founded six years ago, at a time when menopause was rarely discussed openly and support was fragmented at best.

What began with just a small number of Champions has grown into a global community spanning over 20 countries, united by one shared purpose: to improve the experience of menopause for women everywhere.

Over those six years, we have educated, supported, and empowered thousands of professionals to hold better conversations, raise standards, and create meaningful change in workplaces, communities, and healthcare settings.

Reaching six years feels significant. It reflects trust, longevity, and a commitment to doing this work properly.

Introducing Our New Lifetime License

Giving You Control. No Renewals. No Ongoing Fees. Ever.

To mark this milestone, we are proud to introduce our Lifetime Menopause Champion License.

This new license has been designed in response to our community. Many Champions told us they wanted certainty, simplicity, and control. They wanted to invest once, without worrying about annual renewals or rising fees.

The Lifetime License offers:

• Permanent access to Menopause Champion status

• Ongoing education and resources

• No renewal fees, ever

• Long-term confidence in your professional positioning

• Freedom to grow your business without recurring costs

It’s about removing barriers and putting control back where it belongs, in your hands.

A Champion Is a Safe Pair of Hands

Women don’t always need answers. They need understanding. They need to know they’re not broken, failing, or imagining things.

Menopause Champions help women feel:

• Seen

• Heard

• Supported

• Informed

• Empowered

That impact ripples outward into families, workplaces, communities, and future generations.

Becoming Part of the Change

Menopause Champions are part of a global movement to raise standards, improve conversations, and bring menopause out of the shadows.

Whatever your role, if you work with people, menopause will touch your work.

Becoming a Champion means you are ready to meet that moment professionally, compassionately, and confidently.

To find out more and apply, visit

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13/01/2026

04/01/2026

This is refreshing…

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30/12/2025

Equity Partnership Opportunity | Global Women’s Health Expansion

Following six years of sustained growth, we are opening conversations with owner equity partners to support the next phase of expansion of an established women’s health business operating across the menopause spectrum.

The company is UK registered and well established domestically, with active in-roads and commercial traction in the United States, Canada, and Australia. To date, growth has been deliberately values-led and evidence-based. The next phase will focus on international scale alongside the structured development of adjacent capabilities, including technology, retail, and clinical pathways.

We are therefore seeking strategic equity partners who can actively contribute to:

• Growth capital
• Advancement into technology-enabled services (digital tools, scalable education systems, AI-supported resources)
• Future retail and product-led expansion, where entry is strategically straightforward
• Clinical collaboration and pathway development, where appropriate
• Strategic and board-level leadership
• Market expertise across North America and/or Australasia

This opportunity is suited to experienced investors, founders, or operators with backgrounds in health, wellness, education, technology, retail, or regulated sectors, who are seeking meaningful ownership in a purpose-driven business with multiple scalable growth vectors.

This is a selective process. We are not undertaking a mass raise and will engage only with serious parties aligned with credible governance, ethical growth, and long-term value creation.

📩 Initial expressions of interest should be made by email:
Dee Murray
CEO & Founder
dee@menopauseexperts.com